
Edmond Jabes and the Hazard of Exile
The Hazard of Exile
Steven Jaron(Author)
Legenda (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 1. November 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
204 pages
978-1-900755-71-9 (ISBN)
Description
For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live (Theodor Adorno). The Jewish writer Edmond Jabes, born in Cairo in 1912, wrote explicitly from the perspective of exile once he arrived in France after the Suez crisis. However, Jaron argues, exile was a predominant theme even before Jabes left Egypt. He brings to light the author's associations with other francophone writers in Egypt, especially those affiliated with the Surrealists, but shows that metropolitan France exerted a greater pull. Drawing on unpublished archival and rare printed sources, Jaron examines how Jabes opposed anti-Semitism during the 1930s, and later placed the Shoah at the heart of his acclaimed "Livres des Questions" (1963-73).
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Language
English
Place of publication
Leeds
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
316 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-900755-71-9 (9781900755719)
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Edmond Jabes and the Hazard of Exile
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12/2017
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Steven Jaron
Edmond Jabes and the Hazard of Exile
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12/2017
Routledge
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Person
Steven Jaron
Content
Introduction; 1: Judaism in the Margin; 2: A Still-Born Poet; 3: 'La Patrie de l'humain'; 4: Exile Confirmed; 5: On Not Belonging